Feasibility of a Bridge Health Monitoring System (BriHMS) for Improved Military Mobility and Asset Management

Not Available The development of a Navy linear motor driven material handling system will require extensive knowledge of linear motor design, careful consideration ship integration issues and considerable innovation. MagneMotion is focused on linear motor systems and on their application to a variety of demanding material handling missions. MagneMotion will work with the Navy and engineers at Bath Iron Works to determine operational requirements for this system. Against these requirements we will establish design criteria to conduct trade-offs of different motor technologies. MagneMotion's personnel are experts with all types of motors and are highly qualified to assess the options. Once the choice of motor type is made, a design activity will commence to develop a system capable of moving 12,000 lb. loads horizontally and vertically in a ship. This design will be scalable to the laboratory demonstrator model in Phase II. In addition, MagneMotion will develop preliminary concepts for: modularity by using standard motor modules rated at some minimum power level that can be stacked to meet higher power requirements; handling of oversized loads by linking multiple vehicles in a train; plane-to-plane transfer with either in-line or off-line concepts; and split lifts that can operate independently or in tandem.